
Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre
Performing Literature
Frances Babbage(Author)
Methuen Drama (Publisher)
Published on 30. May 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-1-4725-3142-1 (ISBN)
Description
Why are so many theatre productions adaptations of one kind of another? Why do contemporary practitioners turn so frequently to non-dramatic texts for inspiration? This study explores the fascination of novels, short stories, children's books and autobiographies for theatre makers and examines what 'becomes' of such texts when these are filtered into contemporary practice that includes physical theatre, multimedia performance, puppetry, immersive and site-specific performance, and live art.
Through its prologue and substantial first chapter, Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre sets out a series of fresh critical perspectives on the theory of adaptation in theatre-making. Subsequent chapters are devoted to the various literary sources for adaptation, with each chapter examining the characteristic features, restrictions and potency presented by the source material, before tracing the ways that they are played out in recent performance projects.
Through its prologue and substantial first chapter, Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre sets out a series of fresh critical perspectives on the theory of adaptation in theatre-making. Subsequent chapters are devoted to the various literary sources for adaptation, with each chapter examining the characteristic features, restrictions and potency presented by the source material, before tracing the ways that they are played out in recent performance projects.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
331 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-3142-1 (9781472531421)
DOI
CBID180987
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Frances Babbage is Reader in Theatre and Performance at the University of Sheffield, UK. She has published widely on performance, adaptation and rewriting and is the author of Re-Visioning Myth: Modern and Contemporary Drama by Women (2011) and Augusto Boal (2004).
Content
Acknowledgements
Prologue
Chapter 1 A theory of adaptation
Chapter 2 Performing novels
Chapter 3 Performing short stories
Chapter 4 Performing autobiography
Chapter 5 Performing children's fiction
Epilogue
Index
Prologue
Chapter 1 A theory of adaptation
Chapter 2 Performing novels
Chapter 3 Performing short stories
Chapter 4 Performing autobiography
Chapter 5 Performing children's fiction
Epilogue
Index